Overlapping curtain device



April J. TENDRICH EI'AL 2,239,631

OVERLAPPING CURTAIN DEVICE Filed March 22, 1940 INVENTORS J'ACOB TENDRICH B MAX TENDR/CH Gaul Patented Apr. 22, 1941 v UNITED STATES PAT NT jo nc-E Jacob Tcndrich andMax'Tendrich,

New York, N.Y. 1

Application March 22, 1940, Serial-No. 32 5,31 8

3 Claims. (01. 156-10) This invention relates to a device to be attached to a draw curtain in a manner to provide overlapping curtain edges. We refer to curtains which ordinarily have meeting or abutting edges such as are used in bath rooms for showers, or in Pullman cars, beauty shops, hospitals, tents, dressing rooms and other places where draw curtains are used to temporarily screen a space. In such places it is desirable for reasons of privacy,

or in bath rooms to prevent splashing of water,

that the edges of the curtains be overlapping. In such curtains as ordinarily constructed or already installed the overlapping of the edges is not possible.

The object of the invention is to provide a device which may be built into the curtain when it is manufactured or which may be attached to an already installed curtain whereby when the curtain is drawn, overlapping edges may be provided for. In the drawing illustrating the invention--- Fig. 1 is a fragmentary view illustrating the usual manner in which such curtains are hung and operated.

Fig. 2 is a similar view illustrating curtains provided with an overlapping device accordin to this invention. I

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary view of a curtain supported by a curtain overlapping device according to this invention which device is built into the Fig. 1 shows a curtain rod H! which supports two curtains II and I2 having meeting edges l3 and I4 when the curtains are drawn together as shown. The two parts H and I2 may of course represent the two end portions of a single curtain, a shower curtain for instance. The usual safety pin type curtain hooks I5 slide upon the rod I and pass through eyelets in the curtain to support it. As is well known, When such curtains are drawn the edge portions tend to spread. The object of the invention is to provide means for overlapping the curtain edges. Fig. 2 shows the same curtain supported in a manner according to this invention. The device itself is not shown but it will be seen that the hooks l5-at the edges I 3 and M are omitted and that when the curtains are drawn the next two outermost hooks l1 and I8 meet and whereby the end portions overlap as indicated by the positions of the member secured to the curtain by'eyelets 2! through which the hooks l5 are passed as usual. The edge eyelet may be closed as indicated at 22 so that when the curtain is hung it will be impossible to place a hook near the edge thereof. When the curtain is hung the overlapping portion will be in place without requiring any particular care or special effort as to spacin of the hooks or the like. Preferably the eyelets 2| which secure the curtain to the bar 20 are spaced somewhat closer than the other eyelets whereby the fabric may hang in folds below the bar. The portion 24 of the bar supports the overlapping portion of the curtain. The other portion 25 balances the portion 24 and prevents it from tipping by turning around a single eyelet as will be understood. It will be noted from Fig. 3 that the overlapping bar is completely concealed within the top seam of the curtain and does not mar the appearance of the curtain. This'is an obvious advantage.

The bar may be entirely separate from the curtain as shown in Fig. 4 in which a bar 26 is a flat piece of any suitable material provided with three holes 21 spaced somewhat closer than the eyelets in the curtain. The hooks will be passed through two of the holes 21 and through the corresponding eyelets IS in the curtain. The hooks, not shown, will then be in the same positions as the hooks in Fig. 3. A fastener 28 will be supplied with instruction to put it through the outermost hole in the bar.

The holes in the bars in Figs. 3 and 4 may be fitted with soft rubber eyelets as shown in Fig. 5 to prevent the bars from riding up upon the hooks and become tangled.

The overlapping curtain device in Fig. 3 consists of a bar which may be built into the curtain when it is manufactured and secured with eyelets for the hooks. At the corner there need not be any eyelet but a fastener 22 will sufi'ice to secure the fabric at that point. In Fig. 4 the bar is separate and. hung upon either side of the curtain in the usual hooks. It then serves the same purpose. The separate fastener 28 is provided to avoid confusion in hanging the bar and serves also to secure the fabric. The device may be used at one or both ends of a curtain.

We claim:

1. In a shower curtain device for providing overlapp ng curtain edges the combination with a shower curtain having a folded seam along its top edge forming a pocket along said edge, of an overlapping curtain bar member inserted within said pocket to be entirely concealed within the same and means securing said overlapping curtain bar member to the curtain.

2. In a shower curtain device for providing overlapping curtain edges the combination with a shower curtain having a folded seam along its top edge forming a pocket along said edge, of a fiat overlapping curtain bar member inserted within said pocket to be entirely concealed therein, spaced eyelets passing through said curtain and bar member for suspending the same by ourtain hooks and for positioning said bar member within said pocket seam to extend from the edge of the curtain a distance within said pocket to include at least three of said spaced eyelets.

3. In a shower curtain device for providing overlapping curtain edges the combination with a shower curtain having a folded seam along its top edge with spaced eyelets therethrough for suspending said curtain from curtain hooks passing through said eyelets, of an overlapping curtain bar member having openings spaced to match with the said eyelets in the curtain for the passage of curtain hooks through said eyelets and said openings and other means passing through one eyelet opening adjacent the edge of the curtain and through one of said bar openings near one end of the bar for securing the said bar memher to the curtain.

JACOB TENDRICH. MAX TENDRICH. 

